Good, dumb fun

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2013)

I was always a big Godzilla fan, and enjoyed "Pacific Rim." It's the most mindlessly-fun movie I've seen in several years. I'm tempted to go again just because there was so much going on at the start and end of the movie that I feel like I missed some things.
Don't go expecting Shakespearean character development or a deep philosophical message. It was a little like Avatar in that it's all about the visuals. Very little effort seems to have gone into the script and acting. In fact, the best acting in the movie was done by the little Japanese girl who showed genuine terror as she was being chased down by one of the Kaiju.
I watched in 3D, and thought it detracted from the movie. Everything outside the very center of the glasses was blurry as hell.